Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Kenny Atkinson is the recipient of the Crimson Auerbach Trophy because the 2024-25 NBA Coach of the 12 months.
Atkinson, in his first season because the Cavaliers’ head coach and fifth season as an NBA head coach, has been named the NBA Coach of the 12 months for the primary time. He turns into the third head coach to earn the dignity with Cleveland, becoming a member of Invoice Fitch (1975-76) and Mike Brown (2008-09).
Beneath Atkinson, the Cavaliers (64-18) completed with the second-best report in franchise historical past and earned the No. 1 playoff seed within the Jap Convention. He tied for the fourth-most victories by a head coach in his first season with a group.
Cleveland joined the 2006-07 Dallas Mavericks as the one two groups to have three separate successful streaks of 12 or extra video games in a season. The Cavaliers received their first 15 video games to match the second-best begin to a season in NBA historical past. Additionally they recorded a team-record 16-game successful streak from Feb. 5 – March 14.
Atkinson led Cleveland to a number of different single-season franchise highs, together with scoring common (NBA-leading 121.9 factors per sport), scoring differential (9.5 factors per sport), street victories (30) and three-pointers made (1,303).
Atkinson was named the NBA Jap Convention Coach of the Month twice, for video games performed in October/November and December. He additionally earned a spot to function a head coach within the NBA All-Star Sport for the primary time.
